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    The Power of Mindfulness
    The Power of Mindfulness
    The Power of Mindfulness
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    The Power of Mindfulness

    By John Gahan, LCGI

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    Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.

    While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis. 

    Whenever you bring awareness to what you’re directly experiencing via your senses, or to your state of mind via your thoughts and emotions, you’re being mindful. And there’s growing research showing that when you train your brain to be mindful, you’re actually remodeling the physical structure of your brain.

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    Mindfulness is the psychological process of bringing one's attention to the internal experiences occurring in the present moment, which can be developed through the practice of meditation and other training. The term "mindfulness" is a translation of the Pali term sati, which is a significant element of some Buddhist traditions. In Buddhism, mindfulness has been advocated as a way to spiritual enlightenment and cessation of suffering. The recent popularity of mindfulness in the West is generally considered to have been initiated by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSepharial
    Release dateJun 28, 2017
    ISBN9781386032861
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      The Power of Mindfulness - John Gahan, LCGI

      By John Gahan, LCGI

      The Power of Mindfulness

      Change the Way You Think and Get What You Want From Life

      Contents

      Introduction....................................................................................................3

      Chapter 1: What is Mindfulness?...................................................................5

      Mindfulness in Daily Life.............................................................................6

      Chapter 2: How to Start Using Mindfulness...................................................9

      Tips for Rapid Improvement......................................................................12

      Chapter 3: Introducing Cognitive Restructuring..........................................14

      A Brief Primer on CBT................................................................................14

      Techniques Used in CBT.............................................................................16

      Chapter 4: How to Use Cognitive Restructuring in the Real World.............18

      Fear Setting...............................................................................................19

      Remove the Fear and Date Anyone...........................................................21

      Chapter 5: Stress and Flow States...............................................................23

      Chronic Stress............................................................................................25

      Positive Stress...........................................................................................26

      Tapping Into Hidden Powers......................................................................28

      Chapter 6: Why You Should Visualize..........................................................30

      Embodied Cognition...................................................................................30

      Visualization for Productivity....................................................................31

      Chapter 7: The Power of Belief.....................................................................33

      How to Become Socially Fearless With Hypothesis Testing.....................34

      The Law of Attraction................................................................................35

      Conclusions...................................................................................................35

      Introduction

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      If there is one ability that you could learn that would make every single aspect of your life better, what would it be?

      Undoubtedly, it would be the ability to control your emotions and to control the way you think.

      This might sound like a surprising claim but the ability to control your emotions and the way you respond to a situation is not only the secret to happiness, but also the secret to being able to get whatever you want from life.

      Why? Because it’s our interpretation of events, more than the events themselves, that dictate our happiness, mood and performance. Not only that, but our emotions and the neurotransmitters that control them are what alter our ability to focus, to remember information and to be creative.

      Let’s imagine a scenario where you’re trapped inside a lorry that has turned over and is now hanging over the edge of a precipice. The slightest movement could ruin the balance and send you plunging to your death... bad times!

      What happens to you in this situation? You freeze in place of course but at the same time, your body becomes very active. Your brain knows you’re in danger, and thus it causes certain neurons in the brain to fire and release neurotransmitters. These neurotransmitters include the likes of dopamine, cortisol and norepinephrine.

      Meanwhile, the sympathetic nervous system responds to these cues and begins producing more chemicals of its own. Specifically, a part called the adrenal medulla will secrete adrenaline and noradrenaline and this will result in numerous physiological changes in your body: your heartrate increases, your muscles contract and your mind races.

      But here’s the twist: it turns out that a rescue crew has been working unbeknownst to you and has attached the lorry to the ground by a chain. You’re completely safe.

      The reaction of your body is in response to your belief and your perception then – not the reality.

      And as we will see in this book, there are many scenarios where we believe we’re in more danger than we really are resulting in the stress response. And as we’ll also see, that stress response is capable of causing all kinds of psychological and health problems.

      If you could gain control of

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